Cyberculture

Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A new report from the Institute For the Future on “state-sponsored trolling” documents the rise and rise... Read more

EU fines Google a record $5 billion for Android antitrust violations The Purple Box by Bjoern Greif The European Commission ordered Google to pay a $5 billion antitrust fine for exploiting its dominant market... Read more

These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups Boing Boing by Andrea James In the current acquisition binge around artificial intelligence, tech behemoths with deep pockets lead the way, including Google,... Read more

Let’s Do This Together: A Cooperative Vision for Open Access anthro{dendum} by Marcel LaFlamme, Dominic Boyer, Kirsten Bell, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Christopher Kelty, and John Willinsky Over the past two weeks, public... Read more

Surprise! Teens hate Facebook The Next Web by Bryan Clark Facebook, not so long ago, ruled the social media roost. Across nearly all important demographics, the Zuckerberg-led time bomb flattened the competition.... Read more

How Europe’s GDPR Regulations Became a Meme Wired Top Stories by Angela Watercutter Internet users fed up with flooded inboxes are turning wonky policy changes into Twitter gold. How GDPR is affecting the... Read more

After Meltdown and Spectre, Another Scary Chip Flaw Emerges Wired Top Stories by Lily Hay Newman A new processor vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass could expose user data on a huge... Read more

The Pirate Bay’s Rebellious History… in Doodles TorrentFreak Later this year, The Pirate Bay will celebrate its 15th anniversary. That’s quite an achievement for any website, but for a pirate site... Read more

12 big encryption trends that will keep data more secure The Next Web by Scott Gerber As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, it becomes easier for them to circumvent security measures and access... Read more